This is proved by the fact that saloon dance halls in the neighborhood of the parks have been deserted by their old patrons.
Women have recognized the debt to youth and the joy of life, and they are preparing to pay it.
In this latest form of social service they have entered a battlefield where the powers of righteousness have ever fought a losing fight.

Men have grappled with the social evil without success.

They have labored to discover a substitute for the saloon, and they have failed.

They have tried to suppress the dance hall and they have failed.

They have made laws against evil resorts, and they have sent agents of the police to enforce their laws, but to no effect.
The failure of the men does not dishearten or discourage the women who have taken up the work.